dogs

Well I am up bright and early on this Monday morning because for some reason Joanna and I feel the need to be nice to our neighbors and offer to dog-sit for them. Let's start at the beginning. Betty left Wednesday night for California. Thursday morning, Beau (her black lab) had diarrhea. All day Thursday...same thing. When we returned from work Thursday night he left lots of presents, or should I say puddles, all over the carpets in the living room. Of course strategically missing the easy-to-clean hardwood floors. So friday comes... and the same events occur WHILE JOANNA WAS HOME!! So it's not that he couldn't have made it outside. Now, i'm taking is personally. Well then our neighbor Dory comes over and says that her house sitter cancelled can we go down and feed her sharpee and beagle until Sunday. "Oh sure", we say. "No problem". Haha. What a joke. We refer to the beagle as big girl. She is 13 years old and literally would eat shit if it were on the menu. She will grab anything and everything she can and shove it in her mouth. The sharpee, or wrinkles as we called her, on the other hand is extremely sensitive and wouldn't eat no matter what we did. Poor Joanna laid on the floor for an hour so that the dog would feel comfortable with her. She has a little more patience than I do clearly. The next day she was on their back porch trying to get the sharpee inside and stepped in shit. The owners don't walk them they just have a doggy door to the back porch where they have 3 dogs relieve themselves. So now it's Sunday morning. Before agreeing to help Dory and knowing what a pain it was we had told ANOTHER neighbor Vicki that we would watch her Jack-Russel-Terrior for her. So at 9:30am Sunday morning here comes full of life, and barks, RIDLEY!!! Oh great a little dog running around sick Beau barking her brains out. So we head back over to Dory's, attempt to feed them one last time and are relieved that at least that is over. So Jo and I decide that since we have the day off until 5pm we will go to the zoo. So we leave Beau and Ridley home to play with eachother and embark on our journey. The Zoo was awesome =) We had a great time. We get back to the apartment with just enough time to quickly get ready for work, when oh, big shocker, the dogs pissed and pooped all over the rugs in the living room. Apparently they had a territory-marking CONTEST!!!!! So, we attempt to clean it all up, eat our subs, shower, get ready, and take them for a walk. VERY LONG STORY SHORT......They are now punished to the kitchen while we are gone and I am up so early this Monday morning because a little doggy doesn't like to stop barking until you wake up. CONCLUSION------ we will have a cat. And only a cat. I apologize for the vent but geez. What a weekend. Lilith Fair tomorrow =) and all puppies back to their owners. Thank god. Happy Monday everyone.